A Bird Swap Meet Every Week! For Central KY

[Mr. Ree]

A sale coop is this,.....you pay to be able to sale birds inside the builidng where the show is instead of outside. They set up small areas inside the building and you just stick your birds in whatever coop has your name on it.


~Casey

 

[tazcat70]

So if you have 15 birds to sell do you pay for 15 coops or 1?

 

[Mr. Ree]

Why would you want to pay for a sale coop? You can sale birds outside like everyone else for free. But each sale coop can hold 3 birds.


~Casey

 

[chknbrdr]

Most shows charge a $5-$10 space fee for outside sellers. This is a better deal if you have many birds to sell. Of course if it is rainy, hot or muddy, then your birds stand a much better chance of getting sick and exposed to sick birds.
Although inside sale coops cost $5 each (or more), the main advantage to selling indoors is that the birds often look better in show coops and many sellers can get $25-$50- $100 or more for a pair or trio of birds inside - when most birds sold outside are $10-$20 pairs.
When you purchase an indoor sales coop it is yours for the day, you can rotate as many pairs, trios or groups of birds through it as you can sell, your sales are not limited to the one set of birds that you place in the coop to begin with. I've seen exhibitors with an inside sales coop or two outsell the outside sales vendors by just keep refilling as soon as he sold the pair or trio that was in it. I've also seen people go outside and buy the bargain birds for $5- $10 each and take them inside and sell them from an indoor sales coop for twice as much.
Of course these are generalities, but it seems that at the shows I go to, the outside sales areas attracts the 'traders & swappers' and the inside sales coops are mostly filled with excess birds from actual breeders and exhibitors. There are always exceptions to the rule!

Matt

 

[wyldehorses]

I agree with Matt. I am always more attracted to the birds inside than the ones outside. And with it being May, you never know what the weather may be like. Inside you'll be guaranteed to stay dry!

Yolonda

 

[Mr. Ree]

I never thought about it like that.

~Casey

 

[wyldehorses]

I don't know, I guess it's just a perception that if someone has paid the extra money to be indoors, they think their birds are worth more. That isn't to say that the ones outside are necessarily of lesser quality. It's like the difference between an outlet store and a high end department store. You may get the same thing, you may get seconds.

Yolonda

 

[tazcat70]

Thank you all for the information.

 

[wyldehorses]

Hi everyone. I went to Shepardsville swap this past weekend and there were only a few people set up there at 10:00 am. However there were some BLRW that I had to pinch myself to keep from buying.

 

[ChickenCop]

I was wondering how the turn out may have been. Im sure you could have gotten them pretty cheap since there wasnt much there....Hope just a few more weeks of this nasty weather and things will turn around. Just would hate to make a trip down there and nothing was there, guess im going to eventually go down when the temps a bit warmer on a saturday and see what i cant live without.